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Renewing U.S. Mathematics : a Plan for the 1990s.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Renewing U.S. Mathematics""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""RENEWING U.S. MATHEMATICS�THE 1984 REPORT""; ""THE CURRENT REPORT�A PLAN FOR THE 1990S""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""I. Implement the 1984 Report's National Plan""; ""II. Improve the Mathematical Sciences Career Path""; ""NOTES""; ""1 Background and Introduction""; ""THE SITUATION IN 1984""; ""IMBALANCE IN SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH""; ""THE 1984 NATIONAL PLAN""; ""THE CURRENT REPORT""; ""Purpose and Emphasis""; ""Definition of the Mathematical Sciences""; ""NOTES""
- ""2 Response to the 1984 National Plan""""FEDERAL RESPONSE""; ""National Science Foundation""; ""Department of Defense""; ""Department of Energy""; ""Mathematics of Computation Initiative""; ""Federal Progress Toward Achieving Quantitative Goals of the 1984 National Plan""; ""RESPONSE OF THE UNIVERSITIES""; ""RESPONSE OF THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES COMMUNITY""; ""Response of Leadership""; ""Response of Individuals in the Research Community""; ""NOTES""; ""3 Research Progress and Prospects""; ""THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES YESTERDAY""; ""THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES TODAY""
- ""COMPUTERS IN THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES""""ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES""; ""The Living World""; ""The Physical World""; ""The Computational World""; ""THE UNIFYING SCIENCE""; ""THE PRODUCTION OF NEW MATHEMATICS""; ""NOTES""; ""4 The Problem of Renewal""; ""DEMAND FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENTISTS""; ""SHORTFALL IN SUPPLY""; ""REASONS FOR THE SHORTFALL""; ""Changing Demographics""; ""Cultural and Educational Problems""; ""What Discourages Talent""; ""The Leaky Pipeline""; ""The Reward Structure""; ""ADDRESSING THE SHORTFALL""; ""Recruitment""; ""Replenishment""
- ""Broadening the Reward Structure""""NOTES""; ""5 Recommendations""; ""PRIMARY RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""DIRECTED RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Federal Agencies""; ""Agencies Collectively""; ""National Science Foundation""; ""Department of Defense""; ""Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration""; ""Office of Science and Technology Policy""; ""Universities""; ""Department Chairs and University Administrators""; ""Mathematical Sciences Community""; ""NOTES""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Executive Summary of the 1984 Report ""; ""1. Background""
- ""II. The Mathematical Sciences""""A. Strengths and Opportunities""; ""B. Prospects for the Future""; ""III. The Weakening of Federal Support""; ""A. How It Happened""; ""B. Why It Escaped Notice""; ""C. Its Consequences""; ""IV. Future Support""; ""A. The Needs of Research Mathematical Scientists""; ""B. A Plan for Renewal""; ""C. Implementation""; ""Notes""; ""Appendix B Recent Research Accomplishments and Related Opportunities""; ""Synopsis of Topics""; ""1. Recent Advances in Partial Differential Equations""; ""Formation of Shocks in Nonlinear Waves""; ""Elliptic Equations""